How To Show You Love Someone With Sweat, Shells And 6 Other Symbols

Because hearts are just so mainstream.

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1. The alluring stench of sweat

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2. Apples, believed to represent love due to how long it lasts after being picked

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3. Chocolate, which has been proven to release the same hormones when falling in love

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4. Padlocks with the key thrown away

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5. An exotic mix of herbs

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6. The protectiveness of shells

7. Maple leafs, of which the syrup is likened to the sweetness of love

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8. Never-ending knots, a sign of eternal love

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The beauty of knots is incorporated by Ohio's Adena Cancer Hospital into a remarkable art piece that commemorates love towards the hospital's patients. The hospital visitors are free to grab a ribbon and knot it onto the installation as a way of showing love and support for the patients.

Evidently, love expressions can be symbolised in many interesting, unique ways all around the world and throughout the ages

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Feel the need to let all that burning love in your heart off your chest?

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In Malaysia, a new sculpture stands in Bukit Bintang in the name of true love

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